Leccinum subleucophaeum

Whitish pores age to gray or gray-brown, & stain yellow-brown. White cap flesh slowly stains gray, but stem flesh may stain red first, & may end bluish.

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Description

Genus: Leccinum

Species: subleucophaeum

Common Name:

Tells: Whitish pores age to gray or gray-brown, & stain yellow-brown. White cap flesh slowly stains gray, but stem flesh may stain red first, & may end bluish.

Other Information: Dark blackish-brown cap is lighter at the edge & fades to yellow-brown w/age. Salt & pepper stem often stains blue by the base. Likes birch and aspen.

Edibility: Good.

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): No data.
  • KOH: No data.
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap flesh slowly turns bluish gray.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff  0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians  0 North American Boletes 216 269

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